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2023-24 - FIFTH-YEAR

• No. 30 ranked transfer by ESPN & No. 40 ranked transfer by 247 Sports
• Grad transferred into Illinois after playing four years at NC State
• CSC Academic All-District
• Played in all 34 games while starting 22 contests, including the final 21 of the season
• Scored double-digit points 14 times and grabbed double-digit rebounds twice.
• Averaged 9.3 points/game, 4.9 assists/game, 0.7 steals/game, 0.4 blocks/game, and 0.3 assists/game, while playing 21.7 minutes/game.
• Shot 52.7% (129-for-245) from the field, 30.0% (3-for-10) from 3-point range, and 84.4% (54-for-64) from the free-throw line.
• In Big Ten play, Hobby appeared in all 18 games, starting 15. She averaged 9.7 points/game, 4.8 rebounds/game, and 23.7 minutes/game while shooting 51.9% (70-for-135) from the field, 50% (3-for-6) from 3-point range, and 91.2% (31-for-34) from the free-throw line.
• Delivered numerous career-best season marks including: 129 made field goals, 52.7% field goal percentage, 84.4% free-throw percentage, 65 offensive rebounds, 100 defensive rebounds, 165 total rebounds, 4.9 rebounds/game, 23 steals, 315 points, 9.3 points/game
• Recorded the first double-double of her collegiate career as an Illinois on 2/11/24 with 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. Maryland
• Led Illinois in scoring three games and rebounding on three occasions as well

2022-23 - SENIOR AT NC STATE

• Played and started in all 32 games in senior season, one of only two players on the team to earn starting nod in each of the Wolfpack’s games
• Put up career-best averages of 8.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game while averaging 21.3 minutes
• Team leader in field-goal percentage with mark of 51.8 percent (118-of-228)
• Scored in double figures in 14 games, which marked the most in a single season in her career and was the second-most such games on the team that season; accomplished that feat six times during league action
• Set new career high in scoring with 21-point game in Feb. 26 regular-season finale against Pitt; marked the first 20+ point game of her career; converted on career-high nine field goals
• Tied for team lead in scoring with 16 points in first career ACC Tournament start against Syracuse; scored 12 of her points in the second half
• Led team in scoring for first time with 12 points in Jan. 1 regular season meeting against Orange; only member of Pack to score in double figures in that contest and went on to lead team in scoring three times in 2022-23
• Scored eight points between second and third quarters of NC State’s road win at 10th-ranked Iowa on Dec. 1; finished the night with 10 total points
• Performance marked the first of four-straight 10+ point games as she posted 10 points and six rebounds at Georgia, 10 points and seven rebounds against USF and 14 points against Davison; marked the longest such streak of her career
• Nearly notched a double-double against West Virginia with eight points and career high-tying nine boards in the win
• Posted 16 points against Elon on Nov. 10; scored 12 of those in the first half off 4-of-4 shooting mark to lead NC State at the break
• Shot perfect 4-of-4 from charity stripe in Pack’s Jan. 29 upset of No. 7 Notre Dame; tied as the most free throws she’s converted in a game in her career

2021-22 - JUNIOR AT NC STATE

• Played in all 36 games in 2021-22
• Averaged 5.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 12.2 minutes per game during the season
• Scored 10+ points in five games, most in a single season in her career
• Tied for team lead in scoring at Pitt; 15 points was her season high; hit a three to add to Pack’s season-high total of 15
• Shot 3-of-4 in second quarter alone of Pack’s home win over Virginia on way to tallying 10 total points
• Scored eight points in 17 minutes played in first half of NCAA Tournament win over Kansas State; came off the bench to play almost the entirety of the opening 20 minutes
• Tallied 12 points against Towson and shot team-best 6-of-7 for first double-figure scoring performance of season
• Eight points in the 2022 ACC Tournament title game marked the most she's tallied at the event in her career

2020-21 - SOPHOMORE AT NC STATE

• Played in all 25 games this season, averaging 4.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 11.4 minutes per game
• Earned first career start in the Pack's Jan. 28 game at Virginia Tech. Tallied a team-leading and career-high 19 points and finished just shy of a double-double with nine rebounds
• In that game, she hit a three pointer at the regulation buzzer to send the contest into overtime. Shot 9-of-14 from the field
• Also posted nine points against Virginia Tech in the Pack's Jan. 24 home win against the Hokies. Added career-high two blocks and scored all nine of her points in the second quarter
• Hit a pair of three pointers on two occasions with two against Coastal Carolina and at home against Virginia Tech
• Clocked valuable minutes in the Pack's Dec. 31 win at Georgia Tech. Wolfpack was +13 on the night with her on the court
• Posted double figures against Coastal Carolina and Clemson, with 12 points against each
• Tallied eight points in the first half against Syracuse. Six of those points came in a five-minute stretch at the end of the first quarter

2019-20 - FRESHMAN AT NC STATE

• Played in 20 games, averaging 6.2 minutes of action in those outings
• Came off the bench to score a season-high five points at Pittsburgh on Jan. 23. Shot 2-of-4 from the floor in that game
• Blocked two shots in NC State's Jan. 19 win over Wake Forest
• Hauled in a season-high four rebounds against North Texas in the Pack's Hawaii tournament
• Tallied four points in a key stretch of the Wolfpack's comeback win over Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals

HIGH SCHOOL

• Class 7A (FL) Player of the Year
• 2019 All-USA Today Florida Girls High School Basketball First Team
• Named Florida’s Miss Basketball (2019)
• Jacksonville Times-Union All-First Coast Player of the Year
• Led Nease to the Florida State Playoffs Championship Game (2019) 
• Senior team went 30-2 while she averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds per game
• South Carolina AAAA All-State (2017)